KORNTAL, Germany—Research by a born-again Christian anthropologist working alone from a cramped desk in this German suburb thrust China and the West into one of their biggest clashes over human rights in decades. Doggedly hunting down data…

Two years ago, Ray Wong and Alan Li, political activists in Hong Kong, were facing rioting charges over an all-night street clash with the police. They jumped bail and disappeared. Now they have come forward to say that they are under refugee…

Hong Kong's railway operator has pulled a marketing U-turn, reversing its ban on a Cathay Pacific advertisement featuring a same-sex couple and allowing it to be displayed at metro stations across the city. In a response to the Post at 3am on…

I'm an economist. I love data and evidence. I love it so much that I write books about data-based parenting. When questions arise about how to support parents at work (for example, from Alexandria Ocasio-C ortez on Twitter) my first impulse is to…

The European Central Bank's efforts to revive growth have spurred a flurry of investment and deal making. One problem is, a bunch of it is happening outside of Europe. French companies in particular have been aggressive in using the ECB's…